- AP, Thursday, July 1, 2010 11 PM
The news agency run by China's ruling Communist Party launched a global English-language television channel Thursday as part of efforts to expand its influence abroad, reports
AP. Experts say China's media expansion also results from unhappiness with much of the international coverage of sensitive events in China, such as
Tibet and human rights. The government has accused international media organizations of being biased and focused on negative news.
China Xinhua News Network Corp. (CNC) began broadcasting
its first English TV service, CNC World, around the clock on Thursday, including news segments, feature stories, weather updates and special bulletins, the official Xinhua News agency said. CNC
World has begun broadcasting in Hong Kong and will continue to expand to Europe, North America and Africa by the year-end.
AFP. The network has been operating in Chinese since earlier this year. The government has earmarked 45
billion yuan ($6.5 billion) to fund the expansion of groups including Xinhua, state television station CCTV and China Radio International, according to previous reports.
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